Let’s face it: 2016 has been weird. It is as good a reason as any to stop and take a look at our assumptions. As we headed into this season, we thought we knew things. We had good ideas about which teams were going to be good and which players were going to put up big points. In almost every case, we have been wrong.

Top quarterbacks have been middling, and fourth-round picks have been awesome. Blake Bortles has more fantasy points than Ben Roethlisberger, Cam Newton and Russell Wilson. Terrelle Pryor has more points than Odell Beckham and Larry Fitzgerald. Ezekiel Elliott is running away with the rushing title, but you could have drafted Devonta Freeman, Jay Ajayi or Theo Riddick a lot lower and gotten better value.

If we have been this wrong — and we’re smart guys, you and me, who know this game — how wrong will we be going forward and how do we mitigate that risk? Better information, of course, so let’s look at three key injuries this week:

— The Packers have had a ton of injuries this season, which is a bit unusual for them. Though they’ve kept Aaron Rodgers healthy and Jordy Nelson has come back well from his ACL surgery, everyone else has had something. Randall Cobb was active last week despite a significant hamstring strain, and the team had hoped to keep him on the sideline. The Packers got down early to the Colts, and coach Mike McCarthy broke the glass on Cobb, putting him back out there. The team got a little lucky and Cobb not only played, but didn’t have a setback with the still healing hamstring. Another week of rest and treatment has helped, so Cobb should be starting and used normally this week, which makes him a very solid fantasy play.

— Doug Martin doesn’t like being called “Muscle Hamster,” so I’m guessing “Strained Muscle Hamster” isn’t going to go over well, either. Martin is a little bundle of muscle and a low center of gravity, but sometimes we see strengths become weaknesses. All that muscle is tight and for Martin, his hamstring gave way not once but twice. He had a major setback, in which the muscle re-tore in the same spot, causing him to miss from Week 2 until now. He finally is back at practice, and with the lack of options the Buccaneers have at running back, Martin may be forced back into action. Call him a game-time decision, but it is likely the Bucs know now whether and how Martin will factor into the offensive attack.

— The Cowboys never are without drama. Whether Jerry Jones is doing something, or on the field Dez Bryant is screaming at someone, it always seems to be something. Which makes it a bit nice that the Tony Romo injury saga has been very low key. Romo has barely spoken and when he has, it has been diplomatic.He has now been medically cleared for contact and has done well at early practices, according to published reports and my sources with the team. Though Romo hasn’t been de facto cleared to play, all that takes is surviving practice, which he has done.

Reports are that Romo will not be active this week, sticking with Dak Prescott and Mark Sanchez for now, but this is now a coaching decision and not a medical one. Romo’s back has healed from its fracture and if Prescott is the future, the Cowboys will need to find a way to show off Romo for a possible trade down the line. Maybe Sanchez coming in at the end of the game was a preview.

Will Carroll writes about injuries. You can read more of his work on All22.com. He lives near Indianapolis.